Chasing the Dream
Surviving Student Debt During COVID with Michael Arceneaux
Season 2020 Episode 8 | 15m 49s
How do you handle student debt in the COVID economy? Author Michael Arceneaux shares.
A college education is supposed to be a ticket to success, but for those who have to take out student loans, it can be a lifelong burden that points to larger issues in our economy. Author Micheal Arceneaux graduated from Howard University with a mountain of student loan debt, and shares what he learned about the country's student debt system through his book "I Don't Want to Die Poor."
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Chasing the Dream is a local public television program presented by THIRTEEN PBS
Major funding for Chasing the Dream is provided by The JPB Foundation, with additional funding from The Peter G. Peterson and Joan Ganz Cooney Fund and Sue and Edgar Wachenheim, III.
Chasing the Dream
Surviving Student Debt During COVID with Michael Arceneaux
Season 2020 Episode 8 | 15m 49s
A college education is supposed to be a ticket to success, but for those who have to take out student loans, it can be a lifelong burden that points to larger issues in our economy. Author Micheal Arceneaux graduated from Howard University with a mountain of student loan debt, and shares what he learned about the country's student debt system through his book "I Don't Want to Die Poor."
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Chasing the Dream is a local public television program presented by THIRTEEN PBS
Major funding for Chasing the Dream is provided by The JPB Foundation, with additional funding from The Peter G. Peterson and Joan Ganz Cooney Fund and Sue and Edgar Wachenheim, III.